Ukrainian strikes on Russia kill 5, including child

MOSCOW, July 27 (AFP): Ukraine fired hundreds of drones at Russia early Monday, killing five people including a child, according to Russian officials.

The attack also set buildings ablaze, among them an apartment block and warehouses, officials said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces had struck an export terminal in the western Rostov region, as well as oil facilities in the Yaroslavl and Udmurtia regions far from the front line.

"Last night, our long-range sanctions were effective in the Rostov region. An export terminal approximately 250 kilometres (155 miles) from the front line was hit," Zelensky said in a post on Facebook.

Meanwhile, India summoned Ukraine's top envoy in New Delhi on Monday to protest against an attack on a commercial vessel transiting the Black Sea that killed an Indian national.

The Indian foreign ministry said it had summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk to convey its "serious concern" over the July 18 attack on the MV Omforfi.

The ship had three Indian nationals on board, one of whom was killed.

"The ministry conveyed its serious concern over the incident and condemned such attacks on commercial shipping in the strongest terms," it said in a statement.